Exhibit Catalog for Audubon at Illinois - University of Illinois ...
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Pl<strong>at</strong>e 211: Gre<strong>at</strong> Blue Heron, 1834<br />
Hand-colored engraving with<br />
aqu<strong>at</strong>int and etching by Robert<br />
Havell Jr. (1793-1878)<br />
The heron’s seemingly awkward<br />
pose is an example <strong>of</strong> the<br />
compositional device <strong>Audubon</strong><br />
employed by necessity to meet the<br />
challenge <strong>of</strong> fitting a life-sized<br />
portrait onto a 38 x 26 inch sheet<br />
<strong>of</strong> paper<br />
Pl<strong>at</strong>e 76: Virginia Partridge<br />
(Northern Bobwhite), 1830<br />
Hand-colored engraving<br />
with aqu<strong>at</strong>int and etching by<br />
Robert Havell Jr. (1793-1878)<br />
Pl<strong>at</strong>e 306: Gre<strong>at</strong><br />
Northern Diver or<br />
Loon (Common<br />
Loon), 1836<br />
Hand-colored<br />
engraving with<br />
aqu<strong>at</strong>int and<br />
etching by<br />
Robert Havell Jr.<br />
(1793-1878)
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